Mom's Lemon Buttermilk Cake Recipe

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Mom's Lemon Buttermilk Cake
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Ingredients
13
Count
Nutrition
1335
Calories
Total time
21
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 5/8 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 5 tbsp orange juice
  • 5 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a large tube pan (doesn't have to be the type with removable bottom).
  2. Cream together shortening and sugar, beat in eggs and lemon extract.
  3. Sift together flour, 1/2 tsp salt, baking soda, and baking powder; beat into creamed mixture.
  4. Stir in buttermilk.
  5. Bake at 325 degrees for 60 minutes.
  6. While cake is cooking, mix together glaze ingredients.
  7. After 60 minutes cooking time, remove cake from oven. Immediately pour glaze over top of cake and return to oven for 3 minutes.
  8. Cool for 8 minutes, then remove from pan by inverting onto a platter.
  9. Fully cool before slicing. Best prepared several hours ahead (or even a day ahead), then served at room temperature.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1334.61 Kcal (5588 kJ)
Calories from fat 602.62 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 66.96g 103%
Cholesterol 68.17mg 23%
Sodium 2096.69mg 87%
Potassium 2030.38mg 43%
Total Carbs 170.71g 57%
Sugars 91.1g 364%
Dietary Fiber 4.36g 17%
Protein 15.88g 32%
Vitamin C 6.8mg 11%
Iron 2.9mg 16%
Calcium 223.1mg 22%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 31.5
    Points
  • 37
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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